- From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:10:27 -0500 (EST)
- To: Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>
- cc: Terje Bless <link@pobox.com>, Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>, W3C WAI IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
one of the best reasons to use a text based web browser and search in text
mode....it only opens one window (page) at a time and has very little
spurious stuff on it, and nothing blinking, flashing, moving or otherwise
distracting. (also works well with ADD)
Bob
> many pages have a totally spurious banner
> You have 1 email
> or similar.
>
> My students assume this is TRUE, and have difficulty believing me.
> Of course they can take literally years to remember this.
> That is ones that can read.
>
> They are easily distracted, and this makes searching very slow.
> They often have a dozen windows open, and don't realise....
> tx
>
> jonathan chetwynd
>
> http://www.peepo.com "The first and still the best picture directory
> on the web"
> http://www.learningdifficulty.org.uk "Our guide to helping people with a
> learning difficulty get the most from the web"
>
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